Fai·sa·la·bad (f  sä-l -bäd ) Formerly Ly·all·pur (ll-p r) A city of northeast Pakistan west of Lahore. Founded in 1892, it is a cloth and grain market. Population: 2,500,000. |
Faisalabad [faɪˈʒɑːləˌbɑːd]
n
(Placename) a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop.: 1 977 246 (1998) Former name (until 1979) Lyallpur
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| Noun | 1. | Faisalabad - city in northeast Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 |
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